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Hanzi Character Search: 刘

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刘
surname; kill, destroy
Radical 𠚣
Strokes (without radical) 4 Total Strokes 6
Mandarin reading liú Cantonese reading lau4
Japanese on reading ryuu Japanese kun reading korosu
Korean reading lyu Vietnamese reading
Traditional Variant(s) surname; kill, destroy
Semantic Variant(s)

CEDICT Entries:

   [ liú ]    surname Liu
   [ liú ]    (classical) a type of battle-ax, to kill, to slaughter
   [ liú wēn ]    Liu Bowen (1311-1375), general under the first Ming emperor Zhu Yuanzhang 朱元璋, with a reputation as a military genius, also called Liu Ji 劉基|刘基
   [ liú beì ]    Liu Bei (161-223), warlord at the end of the Han dynasty and founder of the Han kingdom of Shu 蜀漢|蜀汉 (c. 200-263), later the Shu Han dynasty
   [ liú guāng ]    Liu Guangdi (1859-1898), one of the Six Gentlemen Martyrs 戊戌六君子[Wu4 xu1 Liu4 jun1 zi5] of the unsuccessful reform movement of 1898
   [ liú gōng daǒ ]    Liugong island in the Yellow sea
   [ liú jiàn fēng ]    Liu Jianfeng (1936-), second governor of Hainan
   [ liú hoù zǒng ]    Liu Houzong (1904-1949), originally Hunan guerilla leader, rewarded by Chiang Kaishek for killing Xiang Ying 項英|项英[Xiang4 Ying1] during the 1941 New Fourth Army incident 皖南事變|皖南事变[Wan3 nan2 Shi4 bian4]
   [ liú xiàng ]    Liu Xiang (77-6 BC), Han Dynasty scholar and author
   [ liú ]    Liu Ji or Liu Bowen 劉伯溫|刘伯温 (1311-1375), general under the first Ming emperor Zhu Yuanzhang 朱元璋, with a reputation as a military genius
   [ liú tiān huá ]    Liu Tianhua (1895-1932), Chinese musician and composer
   [ liú shì ]    Liu Shi, personal name of Han Emperor Yuandi 漢元帝|汉元帝[Han4 Yuan2 di4]
   [ liú laǒ lao jìn guān yuán ]    Granny Liu visits the Grand View gardens, (of a simple person) to be overwhelmed by new experiences and luxurious surroundings
   [ liú ān ]    Liu An (179-122 BC), King of Huainan under the Western Han, ordered the writing of the 淮南子[Huai2 nan2 zi5]
   [ liú sòng ]    Song of the Southern dynasties 南朝宋 (420-479), with capital at Nanjing
   [ liú sòng shí daì ]    Song of the Southern dynasties (420-479), with capital at Nanjing
   [ liú jiā kuǎng ]    Liujiakuang township in Muping district 牟平區|牟平区, Yantai, Shandong
   [ liú jiā kuǎng zhèn ]    Liujiakuang township in Muping district 牟平區|牟平区, Yantai, Shandong
   [ liú jiā cūn ]    Liujia village in Zhangdian District 張店區|张店区[Zhang1 dian4 Qu1] of Zhibo city 淄博市[Zi1 bo2 shi4], Shandong
   [ liú jiā huī ]    Gordon Liu (1955-), Hong Kong action actor
   [ liú shaò ]    Liu Shaoqi (1898-1969), Chinese communist leader, a martyr of the Cultural Revolution
   [ liú shī peí ]    Liu Shipei (1884-1919), Chinese anarchist and revolutionary activist
   [ liú huá ]    Andy Lau (1961-), Hong Kong Cantopop singer and actor
   [ liú xīn ]    Liu Xinwu (1942-), novelist
   [ liú héng ]    Liu Heng, personal name of Han emperor Han Wendi 漢文帝|汉文帝, Liu Heng (1954-), Chinese writer
   [ liú xīn ]    Liu Cixin (1963-), Chinese science fiction writer
   [ liú ]    Liu Xu (887-946), politician in Later Jin of the Five Dynasties 後晉|后晋[Hou4 Jin4], compiled History of Early Tang Dynasty 舊唐書|旧唐书[Jiu4 Tang2 shu1]
   [ liú ]    Liu Xiaobo (1955-2017), Beijing writer and human rights activist, organizer of petition Charter 2008 零八憲章|零八宪章[Ling2 ba1 Xian4 zhang1], Nobel Peace Prize laureate in 2010
   [ liú sōng líng ]    Ferdinand Augustin Hallerstein (1703-1774), Slovenian Jesuit missionary, astronomer and mathematician, spent 35 years at Emperor Qianlong's court
   [ liú ]    Liu Yi (-285), famous incorruptible official of Western Jin dynasty the Western Jin dynasty 西晉|西晋[Xi1 Jin4] (265-316), Liu Yi (-412), general of Eastern Jin dynasty 東晉|东晋[Dong1 Jin4] (317-420)
   [ liú yáng ]    Liu Yang (1978-), China's first female astronaut in space (June 16, 2012)
   [ liú haǐ ]    bangs, fringe (hair)
   [ liú juān ]    Liu Juanzi, legendary alchemist and creator of magic potions
   [ liú juān guǐ fāng ]    Liu Juanzi's medical recipes bequeathed by the ghost Huang Fugui 黃父鬼|黄父鬼
   [ liú yuān ]    Liu Yuan (c. 251-310), warlord at the end of the Western Jin dynasty 西晉|西晋[Xi1 Jin4], founder of Cheng Han of the Sixteen Kingdoms 成漢|成汉[Cheng2 Han4] (304-347)
   [ liú ]    Liu Xi (late Han, c. 200 AD), possibly the author of 釋名|释名[Shi4 ming2]
   [ liú chán ]    Liu Chan 劉禪|刘禅 (207-271), son of Liu Bei, reigned as Shu Han emperor 233-263
   [ liú ]    Liu Yuxi (772-842), Tang poet
   [ liú qìng ]    Liu Yiqing (403-444), writer of South Song Dynasty, compiler and editor of A New Account of the Tales of the World 世說新語|世说新语[Shi4 shuo1 Xin1 yu3]
   [ liú xiáng ]    Liu Xiang (1983-), Chinese gold-medal hurdler of the 2004 Olympic Games
   [ liú ]    Liu Biao (142-208), warlord
   [ liú ]    Liu Yu, founder of Song of the Southern dynasties 劉宋|刘宋[Liu2 Song4], broke away from Eastern Jin in 420, reigned as Emperor Wu of Song 宋武帝[Song4 Wu3 di4]
   [ liú guì jīn ]    Liu Guijin (1945-), PRC diplomat, special representative to Africa from 2007, Chinese specialist on Sudan and the Darfur issue
   [ liú bīn yàn ]    Liu Binyan (1925-2005), journalist and novelist, condemned by Mao as rightist faction in 1957, subsequently dissident writer
   [ liú bāng ]    Liu Bang (256 or 247-195 BC), bandit leader who became first Han emperor Han Gaozu 漢高祖|汉高祖 (reigned 202-195 BC)
   [ liú jīn baǒ ]    Liu Jinbao (1952-), CEO of the Bank of China (Hong Kong) 1997-2003, jailed after being convicted of embezzlement
   [ liú yún shān ]    Liu Yunshan (1947-), PRC politician, background in journalism in Inner Mongolia, head of the Central Propaganda Department 2002-2012
   [ liú qīng yún ]    Lau Ching-Wan (1964-), Hong Kong actor
   [ liú è ]    Liu E (1857-1909), late Qing novelist, author of 老殘遊記|老残游记[Lao3 Can2 You2 ji4]
⇒    [ sòng liú ]    Liu Yu, founder of Southern dynasty Song 劉宋|刘宋, broke away from Eastern Jin in 420
⇒    [ hàn wén liú héng ]    Liu Heng (202-157 BC), the fourth Han emperor Han Wendi, reigned 180-157 BC

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